Singapore defence minister: Cops did the right thing in Shangri-La incident


Members of the Singapore Police Force inspecting the site of a shooting at the junction of Orange Grove Road and Anderson Road, where a man was shot dead and two others were arrested after a car illegally bypassed a police vehicular checkpoint, early on 31 May, 2015. -- ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG .

SINGAPORE: Defence minister Ng Eng Hen said the police "did the right thing" and handled Sunday's incident near the Shangri-La Hotel effectively.

The police were vigilant to the fact that the incident, which later turned out to be drug-related, could have been a terrorist plot, he said.

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